ever so vs tarnation

ever so

adv
  • Very, extremely 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ever, so. 

tarnation

adv
  • Very; extremely. 

adj
  • Generic intensifier. 

  • Bothersome; devilish. 

How often have the words ever so and tarnation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )